Robert Nelson Spencer

The Right Reverend

Robert Nelson Spencer
Bishop of West Missouri
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseWest Missouri
ElectedMay 13, 1930
In office1930-1949
PredecessorSidney Catlin Partridge
SuccessorEdward R. Welles II
Orders
OrdinationApril 5, 1904 (deacon)
June 4, 1905 (priest)
by Frank Rosebrook Millspaugh
ConsecrationOctober 28, 1930
by William Theodotus Capers
Personal details
Born(1877-02-18)February 18, 1877
DiedJuly 19, 1961(1961-07-19) (aged 84)
Ludington, Michigan, U.S.
BuriedForest Hill Calvary Cemetery
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsNelson Horatio Spencer & Hannah E. Pratt
Spouse
Amy Frances Moffatt
(m. 1905; died 1954)
ChildrenKathleen Spencer

Robert Nelson Spencer (February 18, 1877 – August 19, 1961) was a hymn writer and the third bishop of West Missouri in The Episcopal Church, serving from October 28, 1930, to 1949.